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Every defender knew what he was going to do - but it was done so well, they just couldn't do anything to stop it.

It takes a special kind of player to have one bit of skill they just keep pulling out of the bag.

Here are some other big names who are/were very, very good at their particular craft...

1) Thierry Henry's across-goal finish

Thierry Henry AKA Sweepy McSweepfinish (Image: Reuters)

Has there ever been a striker more adept at opening up the side of his foot and sweeping the ball into the far corner than Thierry Henry ? It'd be an anomaly if a game passed by where he didn't pull this beauty of a finish off.

If he got into position on the side of the box, the keeper knew he was in trouble.

2) Arjen Robben's cut inside

3, 2, 1... cut! (Image: Bongarts)

Storm down the right hand side, sharp cut inside to put the ball onto his left food and WHACK! It's been one of the most obvious moves going in football for almost 15 years.

3) Eden Hazard's 180-degree spin

Named PFA Player of the Year in 2015 purely as a result of how good he is at this particular skill (inspiring Chelsea to the Premier League title also helped, mind).

Some say he was born with a unique inability to feel dizzy under any circumstances, allowing him to spin to his heart's content - but that's not been proven. Yet...

4) David Beckham's deep cross

GO DEEP! (Image: Getty Images)

Remember that ridiculous cross to (original) Ronaldo from practically the halfway line? How about the ludicrous inch-perfect ball to Zidane for the volley? Or any of this 4,291 assists at Man United?

Heck, even his famous halfway line goal against Wimbledon was probably meant as a deep cross.

5) Mesut Ozil's reverse pass

Re-e-verse - when the crowd say "bo" release it (Image: Rex Features)

We're not saying his ridiculous vision has anything whatsoever to do with his big eyes, but it's certainly coming from somewhere.

Mesut's reverse passing ability is second to none - it's just a shame for his assist stats that they're often straight through to Olivier Giroud.

6) Lionel Messi's shoulder drop

Shimmy shimmy shimmy (Image: AFP)

To be honest we probably could've included every single thing about Messi here, but we'll leave it at just the shoulder drop.

The Jink-meister General (as he may be known in the Barcelona dressing room, we don't know) can leave any player in the world flailing with a blink-of-the-eye shoulder drop - usually followed by the ball hitting the back of the net three seconds later. Class.

7) Cristiano Ronaldo's stepover

Ronaldo stepping up to the plate... for a stepover (Image: AFP)

When he first came on the Manchester United scene back in 2003, we thought the sheer number of stepovers he performed was for some kind of bet.

Little did we know he was fine-tuning what was to become one of the simplest yet most unstoppable moves in football.